October 2, 2015

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“Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.”

This is something we should politicize. President Obama makes the speech he wishes he didn’t have to.

Obama: Chart gun deaths against terrorism deaths and tell me this isn’t a problem.

Oregon recently passed a universal background check law, but many sheriffs in the area have said they wouldn’t enforce it.

Sheriff on Umpqua case sent Biden a letter after Newtown pledging disobedience to new gun control laws.

More social-media recitations follow. Cable TV demonstrates meager reporting standards in wake of tragedy.

An Umpqua student tweeted during the shooting, and reporters instantly swarmed her for scoops.

“The shared American knowledge that, beyond any doubt, this will happen again.”

In most cases…the killers had obtained their weapons legally. FAQ on American mass shootings.

At the end of 100,000 American deaths a year, “introduced as evidence, will be an unloaded gun.” #longreads

“Chekhov’s dictate says a gun in the first act must be fired in the last, and here I have a gun in the first sentence.”

The Second Amendment was written by slaveholders before we had electricity. Hackneyed pro-gun arguments.

“How do we help people feel safe enough that they don’t need four guns and a shed full of ammo? Get involved.”

What happens before an NRA-commissioned—or rather, university-approved—study reaches the public.